0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's all from the BBC News at Six.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories this evening -
0:00:06 > 0:00:09The First Minister, Carwyn Jones, refers himself to an independent
0:00:09 > 0:00:19investigation to look at allegations of bullying in the Welsh Government.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22The First Minister shouldn't be investigating himself, so to the
0:00:22 > 0:00:26extent he is referring this to someone who is independent, that is
0:00:26 > 0:00:27something we would welcome.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Also tonight - three feet of water gushing down Llangefni High Street -
0:00:43 > 0:00:45the clean-up after torrential rain caused flooding across
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Anglesey and Gwynedd.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Anglesey and Gwynedd.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58I have lived in Llangefni for 40 years, and I never thought I would
0:00:58 > 0:01:01see the river bursting its bank and coming through the town centre like
0:01:01 > 0:01:03it did last night. It was terrible.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Waiting-time targets for cancer treatment
0:01:04 > 0:01:07in Wales could be changed to better reflect how long patients
0:01:07 > 0:01:12are actually waiting.
0:01:12 > 0:01:12are actually waiting.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I suppose you are knocked out. You won't have to bear this hell any
0:01:16 > 0:01:16more.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19This war film was shot in Wales - but is the Welsh Government getting
0:01:19 > 0:01:21value for money on its multi-million pound
0:01:21 > 0:01:25investment in the industry?
0:01:25 > 0:01:30In tonight's sport, that familiar losing feeling. Can the skipper
0:01:30 > 0:01:33inspire Wales to a first win over the all Blacks in more than six
0:01:33 > 0:01:34decades?
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Good evening.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38The First Minister has confirmed tonight he's referred himself
0:01:38 > 0:01:42to an independent investigation to look at allegations of bullying
0:01:42 > 0:01:45in the Welsh Government dating back to 2014.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Following the death of Carl Sargeant, former minister
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Leighton Andrews and former adviser Steve Jones alleged there had been
0:01:51 > 0:01:54bullying and a "toxic" atmosphere in the last
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Welsh Government administration.
0:01:55 > 0:02:04Our political editor Nick Servini has the details.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Another week, and the First Minister faces another enquiry, this time
0:02:09 > 0:02:12over historic bullying allegations at the top of the Welsh government.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18They were made by this man, Leighton Andrews, the former minister for
0:02:18 > 0:02:21public services, and also the First Minister's Special Advisor Steve
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Jones, who said there was a cultural pure poison. They said it was toxic
0:02:25 > 0:02:31and that there was bullying in 2014. Last week, Carwyn Jones provoked a
0:02:31 > 0:02:33furious reaction from opposition parties when he refused to answer
0:02:33 > 0:02:38questions about the claims. I have nothing to add to the answers
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I have already given, but I do, again, of course reiterate the
0:02:41 > 0:02:45invitation that was made yesterday, if anyone wishes to come forward
0:02:45 > 0:02:49with further information. But he struck a very different,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54conciliatory tone this week during First Minister's Questions, when he
0:02:54 > 0:02:57said he accepted it was an issue that would need further scrutiny.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00And tonight, Carwyn Jones said in a statement:
0:03:20 > 0:03:24He went on to say he had accepted with a current adviser to the
0:03:24 > 0:03:31Scottish Government: The Conservatives have succeeded in
0:03:31 > 0:03:36getting a debate and vote next week at the senedd on whether there
0:03:36 > 0:03:39should be an assembly committee on the claims.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43That vote is now unlikely to succeed. Particularly, as this
0:03:43 > 0:03:46development was largely welcomed by the opposition parties.I think this
0:03:46 > 0:03:51is a step in the right direction, away from the First Minister
0:03:51 > 0:03:53investigating himself, but he has still got quite a lot of
0:03:53 > 0:03:57involvement, choosing who this person is and what happens when this
0:03:57 > 0:04:00person reports. We think what is required is for an
0:04:00 > 0:04:03assembly committee, as we are proposing at the Conservative group
0:04:03 > 0:04:06on Wednesday, to make the decision, is this a genuinely independent
0:04:06 > 0:04:09process? By responses this: It is a bit rich
0:04:09 > 0:04:15of labour are to be asking for an independent adviser now. It is
0:04:15 > 0:04:19something that Plaid Cymru have been calling for for a long time, and
0:04:19 > 0:04:22people will be asking, well, why are they doing it now and now they are
0:04:22 > 0:04:27in a difficult situation? So, yes, it is good that they are doing it,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29but it should have happened a long time ago.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33One of the minister said to have been undermined back in 2014 was
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Carl Sargeant, whose death a fortnight ago sparked a crisis for
0:04:37 > 0:04:40the Welsh government. There are already enquiries into the
0:04:40 > 0:04:44circumstances surrounding his death. The First Minister will now have a
0:04:44 > 0:04:47separate one looking into events not just a few weeks ago, but too few
0:04:47 > 0:04:52years ago. -- a few years ago.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55A second man is being investigated over allegations of sexual abuse
0:04:55 > 0:04:56on Caldey Island in Pembrokeshire.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Police say he was a visitor to the island in the 1970s and 80s.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Two more complaints have also been made about Father Thaddeus Kotick.
0:05:02 > 0:05:0511 women have accused the monk of abusing them on the island
0:05:05 > 0:05:07during the same period.
0:05:07 > 0:05:14Burial and cremation fees for children are being scrapped.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The Welsh Government is making up to £1.5 million available between
0:05:16 > 0:05:18now and 2020 to assist councils with the costs.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22It follows a campaign by Swansea East MP, Carolyn Harris,
0:05:22 > 0:05:27who had to take out a loan to pay for her own son's funeral.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30More than 2,000 people who bought tickets through
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Back to our top story now.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Nick is at the senedd.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Was this announcement by Carwyn Jones inevitable?To an extent, I
0:05:46 > 0:05:51think there was a degree of inevitability. Maybe not necessarily
0:05:51 > 0:05:55on this form, but earlier in the week, you will remember Carwyn Jones
0:05:55 > 0:05:58opened the door himself to a degree of scrutiny with regard to this
0:05:58 > 0:06:02matter, and it will look into whether the Ministerial Code was
0:06:02 > 0:06:06broken when in 2014, Carwyn Jones said he received no allegations of
0:06:06 > 0:06:09bullying, and then last week said any issues that were raised were
0:06:09 > 0:06:15dealt with at the time. You get into the issue of processors of how to
0:06:15 > 0:06:19scrutinise a First Minister here, but all said and done, the clear
0:06:19 > 0:06:22intention here is to come out with some kind of relatively neat
0:06:22 > 0:06:26solution and to try to take that staying out of a vote that is due to
0:06:26 > 0:06:32be held here on the subject next week. I don't think they will
0:06:32 > 0:06:34necessarily be that much criticism of the substance of what was
0:06:34 > 0:06:39announced here rather than the timing. It was a bit like the first
0:06:39 > 0:06:41enquiry, a lot of political criticism could have been avoided if
0:06:41 > 0:06:45this was announced a few days earlier, but it has been a
0:06:45 > 0:06:50fast-moving story. A final thought, the First Minister now is facing two
0:06:50 > 0:06:53independent investigations following the death of Carl Sargeant. He would
0:06:53 > 0:06:56never have faced such a degree of independent scrutiny.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Nick, thank you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Travel remains disrupted tonight after yesterday's heavy rain,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04which caused flooding in north west Wales.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Some roads remain closed in Gwynedd and on Anglesey and trains
0:07:06 > 0:07:08between Holyhead and Bangor are cancelled until tomorrow.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13People had to be rescued from vehicles in Bethesda,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and Llangefni town centre was flooded by around
0:07:15 > 0:07:18three feet of water. Roger Pinney reports.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Torrents of water captured on mobile phone cameras, then posted on social
0:07:29 > 0:07:33media, along with comments like, we have never seen anything like this.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38The flooding followed the best part of 24 hours of heavy rain in
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Anglesey and parts of Llangefni.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49If I put my foot on here, you can see was knee deep in the living room
0:07:49 > 0:07:52here. Today, counting the cost, starting
0:07:52 > 0:07:57with clearer. The Ashworth family have had a flat before, -- a flood
0:07:57 > 0:08:01before, but nothing like last night. It came through the house, through
0:08:01 > 0:08:06the drive, through Maiga arch, everything. And they have bubbled up
0:08:06 > 0:08:09under the floor. Although we had sandbags, it was actually coming up
0:08:09 > 0:08:12under the floor. All the homes in the short terrace
0:08:12 > 0:08:17where they live have been affected. The river is just at the back of
0:08:17 > 0:08:20them. It is still high and fast flowing, but nothing like it was
0:08:20 > 0:08:25last night. What no one bargained for was the speed with which the
0:08:25 > 0:08:28river rose, bursting its banks, turning the town centre into a flood
0:08:28 > 0:08:35plain. And there, it is shops and offices that are flooded, although
0:08:35 > 0:08:39traders insist the place remains open for business. Tracy Bevan runs
0:08:39 > 0:08:43an outdoor equipment shop. She told me that even before last night, she
0:08:43 > 0:08:46has struggled to find flood insurance. What did you find when
0:08:46 > 0:08:51you got here?A torrent of water was just coming down here, just like a
0:08:51 > 0:08:57fast flowing river. Our shop over the road was up to the windowsill.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04But here, we could at least get into the shop. But once we were in the
0:09:04 > 0:09:08shop, we then could not get out, so we had to get the fire brigade to
0:09:08 > 0:09:12come and rescue us.I have never seen anything like it before.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I have lived in Llangefni for nearly 40 years, and I never thought I
0:09:15 > 0:09:18would see the river bursting its banks and coming to the town centre
0:09:18 > 0:09:23like it did last night. It was terrible.And it wasn't just
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Llangefni. There are problems across Anglesey
0:09:26 > 0:09:30and North West Wales. Transport has been disrupted, some roads remained
0:09:30 > 0:09:35closed, rail services delayed. Questions are being asked about the
0:09:35 > 0:09:40cause of a landslip which blocked the main road. Some of last night's
0:09:40 > 0:09:43damage will take awhile to repair.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Cancer is the biggest cause of premature death in Wales.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Anyone born after 1960 now has a 50-50 chance of developing
0:09:48 > 0:09:50the disease during their lifetime.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52But some people are waiting too long for treatment,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55with the NHS once again failing to meet one of its key
0:09:55 > 0:09:59cancer targets. But are things about to change?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02In a major speech this afternoon, the Health Secretary announced plans
0:10:02 > 0:10:05that could see Wales' current cancer-targets scrapped.
0:10:05 > 0:10:15Our Health Correspondent Owain Clarke reports.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Two years ago, Kat Harding got the news no one wanted to hear. After
0:10:20 > 0:10:25going to see her GP and getting tests, she was told she had bowel
0:10:25 > 0:10:29cancer. I was in such a state of shock.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Within five weeks, she had had chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and
0:10:33 > 0:10:3612 weeks later, surgery. But each day brought new worries and
0:10:36 > 0:10:41uncertainties.It is awful. It is like you are outside looking in. You
0:10:41 > 0:10:48are underwater. Nothing makes sense. Nothing.
0:10:48 > 0:10:54The earlier cancer gets treated, the more likely the patient is to
0:10:54 > 0:10:57recover. At a major conference at the principalities 's fading today,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01experts met to discuss how to speed things up. The Welsh NHS has not
0:11:01 > 0:11:06performed as well as it should in some areas of cancer care. If a GP
0:11:06 > 0:11:10thinks someone has cancer, in 95% of cases, treatment should start within
0:11:10 > 0:11:1562 days of a referral. But that target hasn't been met since 2008.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21But a second target has been met. 98% of patients who have been
0:11:21 > 0:11:24investigated for something else, then found out they have cancer,
0:11:24 > 0:11:29star treatment within 31 days with a care plan being agreed.What we know
0:11:29 > 0:11:34is that there is sometimes a delay at times when a patient is told they
0:11:34 > 0:11:38are suspected of having cancer, or even from the time they are
0:11:38 > 0:11:41diagnosed with cancer, from when we start measuring the time that they
0:11:41 > 0:11:45are waiting. And in his keynote speech at the
0:11:45 > 0:11:49conference, the Health Secretary outlined a plan that could see the
0:11:49 > 0:11:53two Tigers replaced with a new one. It is not clear yet what that would
0:11:53 > 0:11:56be, and it does mean waiting times for all cancer patients would be
0:11:56 > 0:12:00measured in the same way. The first time this has been done in the UK.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04It could make a difference, and if it didn't, we would not bother to do
0:12:04 > 0:12:07this. Every time we change a measure, there is the inevitable
0:12:07 > 0:12:13criticism of the reason for change, and people doubting why you are
0:12:13 > 0:12:15doing it. But it is not just about targets.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Better survival rates mean that by 2030, the number of people living
0:12:18 > 0:12:23with cancer on Wales will have doubled to more than 200,000 people,
0:12:23 > 0:12:28more than 2.5 times the number of people who will be coming here on
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Saturday to watch the All Blacks play. But in terms of cancer
0:12:32 > 0:12:37survival, Wales is far behind the best in the world, with some experts
0:12:37 > 0:12:42suggesting that 600 more patients a year could survive cancer if service
0:12:42 > 0:12:47is here performed with the best in Europe.We know that with 19,000
0:12:47 > 0:12:51people, more people than ever being diagnosed with cancer, and more
0:12:51 > 0:12:55people than ever needing to be going through the tests to find out
0:12:55 > 0:12:59whether they have cancer or not, there is a huge challenge ahead.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Critics say that by ditching the current Tigers, the Welsh government
0:13:03 > 0:13:09is trying to move the goalposts, but for Cath it wasn't about targets.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15What mattered was the quality of her care.Targets, it's like... It meant
0:13:15 > 0:13:23nothing at the time. I just wanted to get on with it and go through it
0:13:23 > 0:13:24and come out the other side.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Cath Harding ending that report by Owain Clarke.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's been revealed that the Welsh Government has invested almost
0:13:29 > 0:13:32£12 million in 12 feature films - but so far only one
0:13:32 > 0:13:34has returned a profit.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38The Government says it's too early to judge the success of the scheme,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41but the figures have prompted calls for more transparency.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Our Arts and Media Correspondent, Huw Thomas, is at the premiere
0:13:45 > 0:13:53of one of the films tonight. Huw.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00Yes, welcome to the rooftop bar of the city centre cinema, and the
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Welsh premiere of Journey's And. This is a World War I film was shot
0:14:04 > 0:14:07partly on location and it studios in South Wales. Some of the stars are
0:14:07 > 0:14:11turning up to me, but so too are some of the civil servants from the
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Welsh government, and that is because this is one of these films
0:14:14 > 0:14:17has been backed by the government. Today, we discovered that the first
0:14:17 > 0:14:21time just how much has been invested in productions like this one.
0:14:21 > 0:14:31Every little noise makes me feel sick.Journey's End is one of
0:14:31 > 0:14:36several productions to receive money from the Welsh government's
0:14:36 > 0:14:38investment budget. It is designed to attract high
0:14:38 > 0:14:42investment productions to Wales and make sure they spend time and money
0:14:42 > 0:14:47here well bringing a return to the government. The first time, we know
0:14:47 > 0:14:52how much they have been getting. Their Finest received a £2 million
0:14:52 > 0:14:55loan, and after a Phillies accessible box office run, the Welsh
0:14:55 > 0:14:59government has recouped all this money, plus £50,000 on top. But
0:14:59 > 0:15:03other films have not done so well. Takedown was the first to be backed
0:15:03 > 0:15:07by the fund, getting £3.1 million. It had poor reviews and went
0:15:07 > 0:15:11straight to DVD last year. So far, less than £1 million has been
0:15:11 > 0:15:14recouped by the government. On the success of others remains to be
0:15:14 > 0:15:21seen. Journey's End will officially open next year, but it got £850,000,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25and so far, the government has got £80,000 back. Most of the other
0:15:25 > 0:15:29films that got money are still in production, but opposition parties
0:15:29 > 0:15:31have questioned the government approach to film funding.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37I think that we need an integrated and strategic approach to the film
0:15:37 > 0:15:41industry in Wales which brings the cultural and economic together. I
0:15:41 > 0:15:44think we see people going off in very different directions at moment,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and possibly would not as much success as we might have hoped.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52Looks older! But talk of success and failure is
0:15:52 > 0:15:56premature and naive, according to the Welsh government. It says the
0:15:56 > 0:15:59investment long-term commercial buses and, and that the revenue will
0:15:59 > 0:16:04continue to flow from DVD sales and distribution is, even if a film
0:16:04 > 0:16:09fails to do well at the box office. And of all the films attracted to
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Wales in recent years, £100 million has been spent here, creating jobs
0:16:13 > 0:16:18and boosting supply chains. Industry analysts agree that investing in
0:16:18 > 0:16:21films requires a long-term commitment.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23From my experience, you only start recouping those kind of investments,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27usually a minimum of five years after the initial investment is
0:16:27 > 0:16:33made, because of all the production issues you have, and the various
0:16:33 > 0:16:38other partners involved, so it is far too early for anybody, really, I
0:16:38 > 0:16:41think, to be criticising the Welsh government in terms of the capital
0:16:41 > 0:16:43investment they put into these projects.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47I mean to come through this! Stick at it!
0:16:47 > 0:16:51The film world is used to the attention of critics, but it will be
0:16:51 > 0:16:54some years yet before the politicians' influence on the
0:16:54 > 0:16:55industry in Wales can properly assessed.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58You're watching Wales Today. Still to come on the programme -
0:16:58 > 0:17:01more than six decades without a win over the All Blacks.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Can Wales pull off the impossible?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05And after yesterday's heavy rain and flooding,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08the next few days are looking drier and colder.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I'll have the latest forecast.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's one of the most overcrowded prisons in Wales and England,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and now one charity has described the situation at Swansea prison
0:17:21 > 0:17:23as "like a pressure cooker."
0:17:23 > 0:17:26The mental health charity Hafal says it has serious concerns
0:17:26 > 0:17:30about the safety of inmates, who it says are very often confined
0:17:30 > 0:17:33to their cells for entire weekends.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The Ministry of Justice denies claims of overcrowding.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Rhys Williams reports.
0:17:46 > 0:17:53HMP Swansea, a Victorian era prison built for 268 inmates. Today, 438
0:17:53 > 0:17:57men are kept behind bars here. According to one mental health
0:17:57 > 0:18:01charity, overcrowding is so bad, staff can barely cope.Prisoners are
0:18:01 > 0:18:08sharing cells, adapted for single usage. And therein mind, there is an
0:18:08 > 0:18:13open toilet in each cell. And the stories I hear from different
0:18:13 > 0:18:18sources of being in prison is that very often, on a weekend, prisoners
0:18:18 > 0:18:23are locked down from Friday afternoon to Monday morning for lack
0:18:23 > 0:18:28of staff.That is really disgusting. It is smelly, people cannot get
0:18:28 > 0:18:32showers, they have nothing to do. They get very little food. And it
0:18:32 > 0:18:38means that people go kind of stir crazy.The worry is that the
0:18:38 > 0:18:42conditions behind the tall walls of this old prison are creating a
0:18:42 > 0:18:45hostile environment which is putting prisoners and prison officers at
0:18:45 > 0:18:51risk and damaging their mental health. Between 2013 and 2016, the
0:18:51 > 0:18:56rate of self-harm at Swansea prison rose from 34 to 149, and the number
0:18:56 > 0:19:00of deaths due to suicide rose from zero to three in the same period.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05That is the same amount of suicide as the prison in Bridgend which
0:19:05 > 0:19:08holds nearly five times as many prisoners.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11One former prison visitor with the Samaritans and Swansea told me the
0:19:11 > 0:19:15atmosphere at the prison was tense. When you go in there, there is
0:19:15 > 0:19:18animosity, tension, when you go through the gate. You can feel it.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23And you are afraid to say anything to anyone, just in case it kicks
0:19:23 > 0:19:27off.The prison service says a comfortable number of prisoners that
0:19:27 > 0:19:33can be held in Swansea is 238. We asked the Ministry of Justice Forest
0:19:33 > 0:19:37response. It says the prison has a full capacity of 500 and has not had
0:19:37 > 0:19:42a lockdown incident since last May. It strongly denied Swansea prison is
0:19:42 > 0:19:45overcrowded and understaffed, and said a national campaign has boosted
0:19:45 > 0:19:49staffing levels so that the establishment is now fully staffed.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53But with a population of the prison in Swansea growing, concerns remain
0:19:53 > 0:19:54of a system under severe strain.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Let's get the sport now with Tomos.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The challenge could not be bigger.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Wales haven't beaten New Zealand for more than six decades.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Another tall order awaits on Saturday.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Coach Warren Gatland has made three changes to the side that lost
0:20:07 > 0:20:09to Australia in the opening match of the Autumn Series.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13There are also new revelations about the future of
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Gloucester's Ross Moriarty.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18He's rejected a National dual contract, but could
0:20:18 > 0:20:23still return to Wales.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25still return to Wales.
0:20:25 > 0:20:2961 years of hurt! It is even longer now. Three years
0:20:29 > 0:20:33ago, the last time the all Blacks were in town, and another defeat.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36These are the players hoping to make history. The coaches sticking with
0:20:36 > 0:20:39the majority of the team that lost against Australia earlier this
0:20:39 > 0:20:43month. There are no changes in the back from that site. Alun Wyn Jones
0:20:43 > 0:20:51will skipper the side. Justin Tipuric, who has not played so far
0:20:51 > 0:20:56this autumn, will be on the bench. Wales face a New Zealand side
0:20:56 > 0:21:00crushed pretty close by Scotland last weekend, with a narrow victory
0:21:00 > 0:21:05for the world champions. -- pushed pretty close. So is there hope for
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Warren Gatland's team?Someone asked me the other day looking for a
0:21:08 > 0:21:11headline, are they vulnerable? I think they will be even more
0:21:11 > 0:21:14dangerous. They will have had potentially a bit of criticism from
0:21:14 > 0:21:17last week, but they are undefeated on this tour.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20The only change not enforced by injury comes at scrum-half. Rhys
0:21:20 > 0:21:26Webb returns, with Jonathan Davies sideline, Scott Williams is
0:21:26 > 0:21:29preferred at outside centre. Roberts, who was not in the initial
0:21:29 > 0:21:36squad for the autumn series, is on the bench. And winger Hallam Amos
0:21:36 > 0:21:39comes in for the injured Lee Williams. George North had been
0:21:39 > 0:21:43ruled out through injury for the autumn tests. His decision to leave
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Southampton, not the end of the world, says the former team manager
0:21:45 > 0:21:50of the English club. Lenny Newman said North, who had suffered several
0:21:50 > 0:21:54injuries are multiple concussions, has been a wasted commodity, like
0:21:54 > 0:21:58having a Ferrari in your garage, he said, but you can't find the key.
0:21:58 > 0:22:05North will return on a national dual contract. The WRU funds 62%, the
0:22:05 > 0:22:09region pays the rest. Which region is up to the players, but Warren
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Gatland says the move will benefit the player and his nation.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I think a lot of the players recognise that with the national
0:22:15 > 0:22:21dual contract, the benefit that those type of players have, they are
0:22:21 > 0:22:29limiting the number of games that they play for the clubs. You know,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33the minimum eight weeks break in the summer, and being managed from a
0:22:33 > 0:22:36national point of view. One man possibly not convinced as
0:22:36 > 0:22:43Ross Moriarty. Gatland revealed he has turned down an offer of a
0:22:43 > 0:22:47national dual contract, but he could still be returning to Wales. It is
0:22:47 > 0:22:54believed the Dragons are funding his move from Gloucester. Coach Steve
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Hansard is not complacent, despite not losing to Wales since 1953.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04History is a little bit like a drought. Every day, you get a bit
0:23:04 > 0:23:06closer to it raining. So a nation hopes the heavens will
0:23:06 > 0:23:07open this Saturday.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Football, and Wales' women are aiming to continue
0:23:09 > 0:23:11their unbeaten start to their World Cup
0:23:11 > 0:23:12qualifying campaign.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Jayne Ludlow's side are top of their group, and welcome
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Kazakhstan to Cardiff tomorrow, before facing Bosnia
0:23:16 > 0:23:19and Herzegovina next week. George Zielinski reports.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Four World Cup qualifying points from two tricky away ties is enough
0:23:25 > 0:23:27to make anyone smile.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30After a narrow win and a goal-less draw in Kazakhstan and Russia,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Wales' women are back on home soil.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Those results see Wales top of Group One, as they chase
0:23:36 > 0:23:40qualification for their first ever World Cup finals.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Kazakhstan once again are Wales' opposition tomorrow -
0:23:44 > 0:23:46this time at the Cardiff City Stadium.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Jess Fishlock's superb strike was the difference
0:23:48 > 0:23:51between the two sides in September.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53How she'd like to score a goal like this again tomorrow.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57A welcome addition to the squad is a striker returning
0:23:57 > 0:23:59after a welcome addition of her own.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Record goal-scorer Helen Ward missed the last round of qualifiers
0:24:02 > 0:24:05following the birth of her son.
0:24:05 > 0:24:12Two months on, she's back to spearhead Wales' front line.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16At the moment, things are progressing how I would hope. I am
0:24:16 > 0:24:20probably a bit ahead of schedule if anything, in terms of how much I am
0:24:20 > 0:24:23playing and able to do, which is great, and I can only thank the
0:24:23 > 0:24:26medical team here and with Watford as to how they have managed me and
0:24:26 > 0:24:28let me get on with training and finding my fitness.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30After tomorrow evening's game, Wales are back on the road -
0:24:30 > 0:24:33they face Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica on Tuesday.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38That game's live on the Red Button tomorrow night.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Same
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Staying with football...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Swansea City head coach Paul Clement does not feel
0:24:48 > 0:24:51he could lose his job if his side lose to Bournemouth on Saturday.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54The Swans are 19th , after four consecutive defeats
0:24:54 > 0:24:55in the Premier League.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Clement insists he still has the backing of the owners
0:24:57 > 0:24:58and the chairman.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Well, it is the media that puts me in that spotlight. You know, it
0:25:02 > 0:25:07doesn't change the way I prepare the team, and what our goal is. Even at
0:25:07 > 0:25:11this level, you can play very well and still not get results, but it is
0:25:11 > 0:25:14going to be a big help if we start performing better.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Time for the weather. Derek is here.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Hello.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Hello. Hi, good news. It is looking much
0:25:21 > 0:25:26better than it was yesterday. Very mild recently, of course, but wet in
0:25:26 > 0:25:32the north-west. Some flooding, as we saw earlier in Llangefni. Here are
0:25:32 > 0:25:38the rain falls for the last 24 hours. 50-70 millimetres on
0:25:38 > 0:25:43Anglesey, 2-4 inches. Thankfully, the next few days are looking drier,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and colder, with lower temperatures, meaning some frost, sunshine and
0:25:46 > 0:25:52wintry showers. Tonight, much of the country dry. Having said that, the
0:25:52 > 0:25:56risk of some rain in the far south, particularly for Cardiff in the Vale
0:25:56 > 0:25:59of Glamorgan. The odd shower in north coast. Some cloud and much
0:25:59 > 0:26:04colder than recent nights. Ground frost in mid and North Wales, with
0:26:04 > 0:26:07inland temperatures dipping close to freezing. Tomorrow, a chilly start,
0:26:07 > 0:26:13but a decent day on the whole. Colder and calmer, some sunshine, a
0:26:13 > 0:26:16few showers about, the most of those in the north and west. Perhaps the
0:26:16 > 0:26:20odd one or two in Powys. To bridge a wise, 7-10, the wind much lighter
0:26:20 > 0:26:26than today. -- temperature wise. On Anglesey, most of the day will be
0:26:26 > 0:26:30dry, just the odd shower, and more showers will turn up tomorrow night.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35They could be heavy and wintry in places. A little sleet and snow, and
0:26:35 > 0:26:40a look at those temperatures, close to freezing or below. That means a
0:26:40 > 0:26:44fairly widespread frost and icy patches. Looking ahead to Saturday,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48high pressure over the Atlantic, low pressure of the Norwegian Sea, which
0:26:48 > 0:26:53means north-westerly winds for the UK, and those will drag some colder
0:26:53 > 0:26:57area are way from the Arctic. So, Saturday, cold and breezy with a
0:26:57 > 0:27:01mixture of sunshine and showers. Some showers quite sharp, falling as
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Hale, sleet and a bit of snow on high ground. Sunday, fewer showers
0:27:06 > 0:27:11likely, more and we'll try whether, and slightly less cold. -- more in
0:27:11 > 0:27:15the way of dry weather. So it is looking drier and colder over the
0:27:15 > 0:27:19next few days. Sunshine, frost and showers, and feeling
0:27:19 > 0:27:19next few days. Sunshine, frost and showers, and feeling more
0:27:19 > 0:27:22seasonable. Derek, thank you very much. A
0:27:22 > 0:27:32reminder of our top story: The First Minister has referred himself to an
0:27:32 > 0:27:34independent investigation to look into allegations of bullying in the
0:27:34 > 0:27:36West and dating back to 2014.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And that's Wales Today - I'll be back with the headlines
0:27:39 > 0:27:42at eight, and we'll have a full roundup for you after
0:27:42 > 0:27:43the ten o'clock news.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45For now, from all of us on the programme,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47thanks for your company, hwyl fawr, goodbye.